Wednesday: Today we had a great early morning bike ride to Kichijoji for zone Conference, which is just like a big meeting where the president tells us things that we need to know for the next little while, we get training from the APs, president and sister Warnick, and the zone leadership. It was really long, but really useful. We had a long discussion about how to use the new schedule to be more efficient with our time. Then we came back in time for Eikaiwa! We combined advance and intermediate class because we were short, but we had a great time. One student wanted us to teach him phonetically, with Japanese English phonics, but we had no idea what he was talking about. This then became a 10 minute "argument" that was solved, by Shin, our friend in advanced class when he got tired of it and cleared up that we were going to teach the way we teach and that it works and that he was proof of it. I was in the corner helping the other students while Elder Molen was trying not to be too sick in the other. He is better now, but we have all had some degree of bad health this past week or two.
Thursday: MLC (Mission leadership conference) for the zone leaders. I started the day with another early morning ride to Kichijoji, and did studies with the office Elders. Then I went and sat for 3 hours with the normal Elders in Kichijoji while they did weekly planning. I was able to have a nap, put some lessons into the area book, and set up some stuff for my new companion. (New companion, he said new companion! Who could it be?) then MLC ended and we went back to Hibarigaoka and did our weekly planning! Fun day?.!
Friday: Friday for the zone leaders is a day of district meetings and travel. We started after lunch, then took a train to Kotesashi, where the Tokorozawa church is. We saw Mount Fuji out of the train window. I couldn't get a picture because it was a moving train. Tokorozawa is really nice. It is far from all of the hustle of Tokyo and you feel calm there. Then after district meeting we went back to Hibarigaoka for the bikes to... you guessed it, bike to Kichijoji. Kichijoji district is really big, but it flows really easily. Then we went back to the apartment to contact at night because Elder Molen was not feeling too good.
Saturday: Church cleaning, transfer calls, and Kiyose. Church cleaning went fine, we didn't have to mov any pews like we normally do, from ping pong night. Then transfer calls came rolling in. I am staying in Hibarigaoka and my new companion is an Elder Schreiber. I don't know anything about him except a love of cats and that he was trained by Elder Spackman. He has been here for a year and is the new district leader, so we should work well together. Then we biked to Kiyose and actually found the people that we were looking for! We meet a less active who has been missing for 40 years because he never told his wife that he was Christian and a PI who is interested in English and the Gospel! Good day, also maybe the hottest day of the winter, very good weather. Other transfer news, Elder Molen is going to the Yokohama area again. He has only been in two zones his whole mission, and Sister Hartshorn is going to Tama. I don't know anything about those areas. At all.
Sunday: Fast Sunday, we had a good testimony meeting, I understood most of it. After church we met with Aono Kyōdai, the ward mission leader to talk about the new mission school that the area is starting. It is English and prep for the Eiken and TOEIC tests. These tests are the ones that make or break Japanese careers, so we have to be teaching to the max. Then, we went to some danchi, super big apartment complexs, and housed. No one really answered, but then Kurenuma Kyōdai called and wanted to had a lesson. We talked with him about the Restoration and the temple, so he is getting ready to go to the temple soon. Yay!
Monday(today): some of you may have noticed, but missionaries can now start p-day at 8am! So we got all of our necessities taken care of before 12! Super effective! We then rode to Kiyose to see a recycle store and the view, and now we are at the church, finishing emails and just hanging out until we need to do something, but I think that we are done for the day. It is only almost 4 and we didn't feel rushed today, it is great. Well, I will hear from you this week and can't wait to see what your week was like. Love you all!
Recommended reading: Our Search for Happiness. This is a book from the missionary library, but it just lays out everything that we teach so simply, it is amazing. It is not very long, so go ahead and give a quick read if you have time this week.
愛しています、
マーフィー長老
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